Glenn Moncrieff
Glenn Moncrieff
Conservation Data Scientist
// About
I combine algorithms with biodiversity data to solve conservation problems. Most of my work uses AI/machine learning and satellite imagery to measure and monitor the natural world, from invasive plants in the fynbos to land cover change across whole regions.
I am a biodiversity data scientist in the Global Science team at The Nature Conservancy. I have spent more than fifteen years building data and machine learning systems across research, industry, and government. When the screen time gets too much I head for the mountains or the sea.
Get in touch →What I Work On
03 areasMonitor biodiversity and ecosystems from satellite and hyperspectral imagery
Forecast ecosystem change and human pressure on land, with models that report their own uncertainty.
Build AI/ML tools and pipelines that let conservation teams run the analysis themselves.
Latest Writing
All posts →SciArgus
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0 to 100km
Two years of trail running, two injuries, and getting to the start line of my first 100km.
Machine learning for vegetation monitoring
A seminar on using machine learning and satellite data to monitor vegetation.
Selected Papers
All publications →Global extent and change in human modification of terrestrial ecosystems from 1990 to 2022
Scientific Data
The Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science
npj Biodiversity
Continuous land cover change detection in a critically endangered shrubland ecosystem using neural networks
Remote Sensing